A steady flow of champagne and canapes helped banish the January blues at a Meet the Team event hosted by Bath’s largest law firm Royds Withy King. Around 150 people, including business contacts, private clients and lawyers, packed Brasserie Blanc for the firm’s traditional post-Christmas/New Year gathering. The event was the first since the...
Bath firms should hope for the best but plan for the worst, according to the region’s largest business organisation following Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech on Tuesday outlining her plans for Brexit. Business West, which runs Bath Chamber of Commerce, said while the landmark speech gave some clarity to the government’s intentions over leaving...
Bath businesses with links to China – or those wishing to explore them – are being invited to welcome in the Year of the Rooster at a special Chinese New Year celebration banquet next month. The gala banquet is being stage by the Bristol and West of England China Bureau, which works to connect...
Bath firms have supported the Bath College Business and Accounting Challenge, in which students were given just two hours to respond to a real-life business scenario. Thirty students worked in teams to meet the tight deadline and produce a presentation for a panel of financial experts. The challenge, sponsored by Bath law firm Mogers...
Business owners who fear their marriages are heading for the post-Christmas rocks are being urged to tread carefully as their assets and income will be two of the main negotiating points in any impending divorce. Lawyers traditionally receive around twice the number of divorce inquiries in the first weeks of January compared with other...
Law firm Stone King’s Bath-based family law team is offering free mediation information sessions to couples facing new year separation as an alternative to potentially painful court disputes. The firm is staging the free half-hour appointments to coincide with Family Mediation Week, which runs from January 23 to 27. Organised by the Family Mediators...
Bath firms that put ethical responsibilities at the heart of their business are being invited to enter the South West Fairtrade Business Awards. Now in their fifth year, the coveted awards champion businesses that demonstrate commitment to using and promoting fairtrade and supporting fair and ethical business practices. Bath organisations have traditionally been among...
Bath Business News wishes its readers, subscribers and advertisers a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. We will continue to provide the city’s most authoritative business news, information and analysis throughout the festive period. Our next weekly Bath Business News e-bulletin will be published on Friday, January 6.
Experts in the Bath office of law firm Stone King are urging the city’s sports clubs to ensure they are doing enough to protect children following the deluge of national allegations of historical abuse in football. The firm’s charity and social enterprise team, which advises voluntary organisations on safeguarding matters, says while standards have...
Bath law firm Mogers Drewett has strengthened its commitment to sport in the city by launching a series of workshops for school students at which they can learn about netball from top players along with healthy eating and lifestyle advice. The firm, which has been a key partner of the Pentathlon GB team for...
